Townsend v. State

OPINION

GILBERT, Justice.

Otha Eric Townsend appeals from a post-conviction court’s denial of his petition for relief without granting an evidentiary hearing. Townsend was convicted of one count of first-degree murder in 1994. We affirmed his conviction on direct appeal in 1996. Townsend subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, asserting multiple claims including ineffective assistance of counsel, violation of his right to counsel, violation of his right to due process, and prose-cutorial misconduct. The postconviction court denied Townsend’s petition without granting a hearing…